Definition of swiss cheese Swiss cheese
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What does swiss cheese mean?
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| swiss cheese - hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland | ||
| cheese a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk | ||
| emmental, emmentaler, emmenthal, emmenthaler Swiss cheese with large holes | ||
| gruyere Swiss cheese with small holes | ||
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Wiktionary 
- swiss cheese (Noun)
Any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes.
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Swiss cheese is a group of cheeses with holes in them. These cheeses got their name because they look like Swiss Emmental cheese.
Swiss cheese is famous for having holes. The holes are created by the bacteria which change milk to Swiss cheese. "Propionibacter" uses the lactic acid which is produced by other bacteria, and produces carbon dioxide gas; the gas slowly forms bubbles which makes the holes. The holes of the cheese are called the "eyes", and a Swiss cheese which doesn't have holes is called a "blind" cheese.
In general, Swiss cheeses with larger eyes have a better taste. This is because the same factors that make the eyes larger, make the taste of the cheese better too. These factors include longer time and higher temperature given to the cheese to form.
